Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1860 - 903: The Secret of Ascension and the Mystery of the Immortal Domain (Part 2)
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Without any delay, the Ethereal Body swiftly stored the initial trio of artifacts radiating overwhelming power.
Yet, as Song Chi's mind reached out to the apparently delicate broken data flow, an abrupt shift took place.
Recognizing its sole rightful successor, the data flow ceased its gradual flow and morphed into an unstoppable flood of knowledge, surging forward in the rawest and most forceful manner, plunging straight into the Ethereal Body before erupting via the soul connection like a stellar explosion inside Song Chi's sea of awareness.
Hiss hiss!
Inside the All-Attributes Cultivation Chamber at Zhu Tian Ruins Market, Song Chi clenched his teeth fiercely, enduring the sharp ache and bloating feeling buried deep in his brain that left him deeply uneasy.
He was utterly convinced that without his vital essence reaching the legendary mythical stage, the sheer volume of these data shards would have shattered his mental core right away.
Right then, his awareness felt hurled into a chaotic temporal current made up of myriad shattered mysteries; with each moment that ticked by, heaps of disordered and partial details flooded his thoughts.
"Time... temple..."
"Epoch... reboot..."
"Dimensional Four Extremes... not the extremes of position, but the extremes of rules, the apex of dimensions..."
"Epoch Anchor, stabilizing time and space, only by anchoring one extreme domain, can the foundation for transcendence be built..."
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"Dimension Ascension Path, stealing epoch creations, using the extreme domain as a melting furnace, igniting the fire of civilization, only then there is a slight chance..."
"The Four Extremes are elusive, cannot be found without epoch wonders... destiny belongs, compass guides the way..."
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Even though the bulk of these details came in pieces, vital pieces of knowledge stood out clearly among them.
Such shards of ultimate enigmas battered against the limits of his understanding relentlessly. They unveiled not mere ancient artifacts but delved into the supreme laws governing operations and paths to transcendence across the whole Shattered Starry Sea Era, extending to every epoch's timeline.
"Each era... the only... Dimension Ascension Place?!"
As he pieced together this central idea at last, Song Chi sensed his spirit hammered by a thunderclap tearing through the skies, his body rigid on the spot, ceasing all shivers, filled solely with endless astonishment and void.
Throughout his journey, he had chased the zenith of individual might, the unmatched authority sailing across the Starry Sea, guiding his kin and society to victory in the looming Heaven-Fighting Ruins clash. He figured a mythical leader, or perhaps an even mightier twelfth-rank transcendent commander, marked the journey's close.
Yet this fractured data flow revealed to him that beyond myth and transcendence lay the grand mystery of ascending dimensions.
Over this immense Starry Sea, does a superior dimensional realm truly exist? Are both the Shattered Starry Sea and All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds merely labeled as inferior dimensional planes?
Has even the Chaos Divine Land failed to fully break free from this inferior dimensional plane?
The Dimensional Four Extremes, representing the four boundary realms of the emerging Shattered Starry Sea, serve as the essential "credentials" for any epoch to achieve true dimensional rise, demanding a premier civilization's total effort to craft a "Dimension Ascension Ladder" rooted in a single boundary realm.
The shock from this knowledge proved overwhelming, leaving him unable to process it fully, even sparking a profound feeling of disbelief.
Imagine a fish vying in a small pool, only to learn abruptly that beyond lies an endless sea, and its lifelong quest was merely the strength to jump beyond the pool's edge.
"Destiny belongs, compass guides the way, Immortal Domain Civilization... Heavenly Destiny Compass... so that’s it! So that’s it!!"
Drawing from the clue in this data flow regarding the required "epoch wonder" to pinpoint the Four Extremes, it slotted in perfectly like the final puzzle bit, linking up every prior uncertainty he held.
Why would the formidable Immortal Domain Civilization face such a catastrophic downfall out of nowhere? Why would that shadowy force unleash a devastating assault without holding back?
This went far beyond typical fights over resources or dominance struggles; it stemmed from the exposure of the [Heavenly Destiny Compass] secrets in the Immortal Domain Civilization's grasp, a tool capable of revealing the pinnacle mystery of the Dimensional Four Extremes. That attraction summoned the greedy and lethal stares from those dread powers scheming across multiple, perhaps scores of epochs.
A nightmarish vision appeared to play out in his sight: The flourishing Immortal Domain Civilization could have been quietly building power, ready to wield the [Heavenly Destiny Compass] to locate and seize a boundary realm, aiming for the historic act of dimensional ascent.
But the secret slipped out, calamity crashed down from above, and the splendid society shattered in hopelessness... In their final instants, the powerhouses of Immortal Domain likely employed cataclysmic methods to break apart the disaster's core, the [Heavenly Destiny Compass], sending the vital Si Nan Territory fragment vanishing into the boundless Starry Sea with a chunk of the continent... this concealment endured over five hundred thousand years.
Until... Song Chi stumbled upon it unexpectedly.
And through this forgotten "guide", he had accidentally uncovered one of this era's Four Dimension Ascension Places—the Southern Extreme Domain—before any power in All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.
"I... found... the Southern Extreme..."
Song Chi whispered to himself, his tone parched and rough, laced with an incredulous quiver.
In the instant that followed, his words cut off sharply, the final syllable of 'domain' unsaid, as an intense icy dread surged in his chest, warning that voicing the full title would summon instant doom.
From the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong Command Center in Zhu Tian Ruins Market Firmament, he glanced toward the [Heavenly Destiny Compass] part, which shook without pause. The ability "Heavenly Destiny·Confusing Heavenly Mechanism" had activated silently, unleashing dense chaotic power to envelop the warship's exterior, frantically shielding it from the covert probes of fate's seekers.
Witnessing that, Song Chi's core clenched abruptly, realizing he had nearly brushed against a supreme forbidden truth in All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds—and this while sheltered in Zhu Tian Ruins Market, bolstered by the seven-colored [Heavenly Destiny Compass]'s veil of heavenly mysteries, avoiding detection.
This realization made his pulse race wildly.
Chaos Wonders, probably the kind that traces origins.
The entities lurking in the shadows, relentlessly hunting the Dimensional Four Extremes across the Shattered Starry Sea, those dominant mega-forces surely wield tracking powers rivaling Chaos Wonders, possibly monitoring the whole Shattered Starry Sea. Merely uttering that name would pull their attention.
Following the immense jolt, a wave of tangled feelings crashed in like Starry Sea surges—thrill and delight from touching the highest enigma, wild elation from grasping the edge; yet dominating it all was a crushing, nearly choking burden and fear.
The grim history of the Immortal Domain Civilization loomed plain; if word spread of his discovery of the Southern Extreme Domain, what doom awaited his Torch Civilization?
Needing little thought, Song Chi could vividly picture the ruthless annihilation awaiting Torch Civilization.
Moreover, for the Torch Civilization, with its mere thirty-plus thousand years of legacy, this intel ranked as truly ultra-classified; but for the elite lineages on Chaos Divine Land surviving from the last epoch, or epochs before that, had factions already grasped it?
In the coming Heaven-Fighting Ruins war, do the endgame aims of ruling civilizations and top lineages already target the Dimensional Four Extremes?
With these thoughts, Song Chi drew in a steadying breath, clamping down on his roiling emotions, his eyes sharpening with resolve.
Regardless, Torch Civilization currently lacks the standing to engage these directly; the priority remains boosting his own power to the utmost, along with the whole society's might.
His mind pivoted fast, reviewing the trio of fresh Time Divine Hall artifacts.
Though the seven-colored marvel [Time Spirit Divine Spear] resists integration as vessel parts, serving as a wondrous armament, it holds devastating force.
That stack of crystals, whose details he gleaned from the earlier data flow, goes by [Dimension Ascension Origin Stone]. It forms the crucial material for pursuing dimensional rise after fully claiming a boundary realm. Still, given Torch Civilization's present modest base, it's essentially worthless for now, so Song Chi promptly locked it away in Zhu Tian Ruins Market.
The last item, the [Blessing of the Time God King] part, a seven-colored shield for groups, stands as the prime gem among the three.
Unfortunately, since it ties to the [Time Divine Hall]'s inheritance, neither the [Time Spirit Divine Spear] nor this [Blessing of the Time God King] part can be deployed openly beyond, at least not as part of Torch Civilization's mythical eternal vessel; doing so risks alert from watchful foreign species, plunging the whole society into existential peril.